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   nobody's son, nobody's daughter by memoryandmoonstone

   Fandoms: 薬屋のひとりごと - 日向夏 | Kusuriya no Hitorigoto | The Apothecary Diaries - Hyuuga Natsu, 薬屋のひとりごと | Kusuriya no Hitorigoto | The Apothecary Diaries (Manga), 薬屋のひとりごと | Kusuriya no Hitorigoto | The Apothecary Diaries (Anime)  

   • Explicit
   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • F/M
   • Complete Work

   12 Mar 2026

   Tags

   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • Jinshi/Maomao (Kusuriya no Hitorigoto)
   • Jinshi (Kusuriya no Hitorigoto)
   • Maomao (Kusuriya no Hitorigoto)
   • Light Novel Spoilers
   • Canon Compliant
   • Character Study
   • Relationship Study
   • Missing Scenes
   • Dual POV
   • Slow Burn
   • experimental formatting
   • Criminally Inconsistent Chapter Lengths for Fun and Profit
   • twelve of the author's headcanons stacked in a trenchcoat
   • Red String of Fate

   Summary

   There's an odd girl at the back of the throng.

   To the casual eye, she looks completely average. She wears the same soft cream and dull yellow uniform of the other girls around her. She is small and slight, and her cheeks are dotted with freckles. Among the other palace girls surrounding her, she blends in perfectly. She could be any girl from any far-flung village of Li.

   But her eyes—they are what catch his attention. They are what draw him in.

   Or: Snapshots of Jinshi and Maomao, throughout the years--of their scars, their mistakes, and a little red string that endures through it all. An exploration of love, fate, and the choices we make, told in twenty-six parts.

   Series

   • Part 1 of and i would say i love you but saying it out loud is hard (so i won't say it at all)

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   159,416

   Chapters:

   26/26

   Comments:

   798

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   18 Mar 2026